2-30 Firmware User Guide
Wireless configuration
If your Router is a wireless model (such as a 3347W) you can enable or disable the wireless LAN by selecting Wireless Configuration. The Wireless Configuration screen appears.
Wireless LAN Configuration
Enable Wireless: | Yes |
Enable Segmentation: | No |
SSID: | 5247 3521 |
Channel... | 6 |
Closed System... | Open |
Enable Privacy... | Off |
Wireless MAC Authentication...
Return/Enter accepts * Tab toggles * ESC cancels.
Enable Wireless is set to Yes by default. When Enable Wireless is disabled (No), the Gateway will not provide or broadcast any wireless LAN services. If you toggle Enable Wireless to No or Yes, you must restart the Gateway for the change to take effect. See “Restarting the System” on page
Segmentation
•Enable Segmentation: This feature isolates the hosts on the wireless LAN from the hosts on the wired Ethernet LAN. It also prevents the hosts on the wireless LAN from entering or enabling any VPN terminated on the Netopia Gateway.
If on is specified, the wireless LAN will be isolated from the wired LAN; if off is specified, the wireless LAN will be joined with the wired LAN.
You must reboot the unit for this setting to take effect.
•SSID (Wireless ID): The SSID is preset to a number that is unique to your unit. You can either leave it as is, or change it by entering a freeform name of up to 32 characters, for example “Ed’s Wireless LAN”. On client PCs’ software, this might also be called the Network Name. The SSID is used to identify this particular wireless LAN. Depending on their operating system or client wireless card, users must either:
•select from a list of available wireless LANs that appear in a scanned list on their client
•or, if you are in Closed System Mode (see “Closed System” on page
You can then configure:
•Channel: (1 through 11) on which the network will broadcast. This is a frequency range within the 2.4Ghz band. Channel selection depends on government regulated radio frequencies that vary from region to
